Innovations
This explosive invention, first used for fireworks, later changed the nature of warfare.
What is gunpowder?
This country adopted Chinese writing and Confucian ideas but maintained a samurai warrior culture.
What is Japan?
This Chinese dynasty ruled during 960–1279 and is known for its strong centralized government and cultural achievements.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This belief system emphasized respect for elders, education, and proper relationships.
What is Confucianism?
This exam system allowed people to obtain government jobs based on merit rather than birth
What is the civil service exam?
This fast-ripening crop, imported from Vietnam, greatly increased agricultural productivity.
What is Champa rice?
This item helped make maritime voyage for traders easier to navigate
What is a compass?
This economic system used by the Song involved producing goods at home, often leaving farmers with more produce than they could sell
What is proto-industrialization?
This religion came to China via the Silk Roads and was sometimes criticized for being “foreign.”
What is Buddhism?
The imperial bureaucracy was built around scholars who studied this ancient philosophers text.
What is the Confucian Classics?
This method allowed for easier reproduction of texts and spread of knowledge (ex. spread of Buddhism)
What is woodblock printing?
This now outlawed practice of breaking a young girl's feet to meet a beauty standard was practiced by the social elite
What is foot-binding?
This Dynasty came before the Song, and resembles a soft drink
Who is the Tang Dynasty
This philosophy emerged as a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This term refers to a system in which the best-qualified individuals are chosen for government positions.
What is a meritocracy?
This abundant resource was discovered by the Chinese in the 4th Century B.C.E, and was named "Black Earth"
What is coal?
The term for countries like Korea and Vietnam that paid tribute to China while maintaining independence.
What are tribute states?
This Dynasty existed concurrently with the Song Dynasty, setting up their empire in the northern parts of China
Who is the Jin Dynasty/Empire?
In Confucianism, the ideal relationship between ruler and subject is based on this concept (ex. respecting elders, families serve the male head of the family)
What is filial piety?
An organization in which appointed officials carry out the empire's policies
What is a Bureaucracy?
This type of infrastructure spans 30k miles was expanded under the Song to improve transportation and trade
What is the Grand Canal?
This part of Vietnamese culture emphasized familial structure as being 1 Husband, 1 Wife, and children
What is the/a Nuclear Family
This social class grew in power due to the expansion of the civil service exam and became dominant in Song society.
Who are the scholar-gentry?
This 7th century monk helped build Buddhism's popularity in China
Who is Xuanzang?
This Dynasty implemented the first form of Bureaucracy during their reign
Who is the Qin Dynasty?